The week of the day of the birth

It’s been very noisy at the RUC in the last few days. The reason for this cacophony of sound is the onset of fruit (namely lichees and mangos). These sweet suckers attract all sorts of creatures. A few months back the trees were alive with bees (and we should all love those humble little honey makers) and now its birds. Okay, no jokes about the birds and the bees.

The birds currently taking over our airspace are Rainbow Lorikeets. They usually arrive in the hundreds the week of my birthday – but this year they’ve arrived in the thousands.

It’s nice to be so popular 🙂

I tried to photograph them, but because of their colour they are virtually invisible in the trees. So I thought I’d take a short video to show you just how noisy these beautiful creatures are in the wild. I’m taking this from the front porch of the RUC so I am about four metres up. Imagine how hard this would be if I was at ground level – these trees are TALL.

It was also raining, so the squabbling birds were competing with the sound of the rain.

WARNING: NOISY

Notice how noisy they are? The trees are filled with them, but they’re so hard to see.

After I took the video, a lone lorikeet sat on a branch away from the others and let me take a shot (isn’t that always the way). I named this lone lorikeet The Introvert.

At sunset I noticed the sky had taken on a very pink hue. I took a photo but it’s not nearly as spectacular as how the sky looked in ‘real life’.

My birthday is this week so I’ll be celebrating with family and friends (and, of course, the birds).

Father-in-law and hubby are both on the mend and all news is good on the health front. A huge thank you for all your best wishes in the comments in my last post. They worked!

Oh my, they are loud. But what a wonderful feast of nature you live near! That sunset is gorgeous. So happy to hear your FIL and husband are mending well. Of course, how you all manage to get any sleep with those birds around is anyone’s guess. 😉

Oh how lovely to have such a magnificent visitation! I saw the rainbow lorikeets when we visited Cairns and one came and sat on hubby’s shoulder. They are really noisy bunch en masse, but the Introvert was so kind to pose for you. I’m happy to hear that all is well on the health front, and wish you a very happy birthday week, Dianne. Love the sunset photo. 😘

What a relief about the health issues! Hernia surgery is not pleasant, I know. Ugh poor guy. Kana is trying to bite my hands to keep me from typing (I think she’s hungry), so I played the lorikeet video for her hahaha. That entertained her.You live in a magical place, Dianne.

I’m so glad Kana liked the video, Luanne! She would have a ball here 😀

Thanks so much for the good wishes for hubby. He waited far too long to have the surgery so I’m really relieved that it eventually went well. He’s really good at putting things off until the last moment 😉

Happy Birthday, Dianne! This is also the week of the day of my birth; if memory serves, we’re within a day or two of each other. Sadly for me, the only thing from nature that shows up to celebrate my birth is usually temperatures in the negative and depending on where in the country I find myself, a chance of snow!

I actually don’t notice them after a while. Sometimes when my sister calls me she asks if I’m at a bird sanctuary because it’s normally quite noisy here – these ones just add to the mix 😀
Thank you for the birthday wishes , my darling! xxxx

They are noisy little buggas aren’t they! But they are gorgeous. They are just warming their vocal chords for Thursday…sshhh did I say that? Glad that hubs and FIL are recovering. The power of positive thought/s ☺️. Beautiful sunset pic..oh and SO JEALOUS mangoes and lychees indeed!! Hugs gorgeous. xxx❤️

Wonderful post full of bird noises. We grow Lichee and Mangoes on our farm in Thailand and here in Florida we have several trees of each. In Thailand we have a bird called the Termic that has the color of termic. It also makes a squawking sound that isn’t unpleasant. I know you’ll enjoy the quite after they move on, but do enjoy them while they are there.

Colorful birds for your birthday!! I am impressed. When I was really little, I thought that autumn color happened for my birthday. (Part of me still thinks that.) So glad to hear that the health worries have resolved. Have a wonderful birthday!

They are very colourful birds, Alta. Yesterday it wasn’t raining and I thought a new film of them in the sunshine would highlight their colours, but I had a glass of wine and couldn’t be bothered filming again (haaa, I’m so lazy sometimes) 😉

Happy Birthday, Dianne. 🙂 Those lorikeets sure are noisy critters! Beautiful birds with terrible voices. We don’t get them in such large crowds, only a couple of pairs during Autumn, when they come and feast on our camellia bushes, and they “chat” to each other. Love your sunset photo. It’s exquisite.

It looks like the lorikeets could blend in with the sunset too. Your photo is so beautiful – it’s hard to imagine it being even better in real life. I hope you have a wonderful birthday and have fun celebrating and partying with those lorikeets!

The noise is amazing, Roy. Now they’re just starting to settle down after a week of drunken debauchery (they actually get drunk as the fruit ferments in their stomach). I might start playing loud music to wake them up from their hangovers! 😀

Wow, they are an earful, aren’t they! But thanks to that introvert, I can see they’re also visually striking! I hope you’re enjoying your birthday week, and it’s great to hear that your husband and father-in-law are on the mend. That’s a wonderful way to head into the Christmas season. 🙂

Sings in her best morning voice…. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU GORGEOUS LADY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! I hope you have a totally awesome day, being spoilt, living the dream in that beautiful part of the world that you live in. You are very special and I have appreciated your friendship albeit virtual. Thank you for following me and your kindness always. Many hugs on this your very special day and may you celebrate many many more. Hugs oh and say hi to your mum for me. 🎂🎉🎈🎁😘😘😘

Another piece of loveliness! Do the birds leave any fruit for you? And happy birthday from me as well! Get someone to train those birds to chirp happy birthday to you. I just hope that doesn’t mean you’d have to share your cake with all of them! 🙂

They decimate the fruit, unfortunately. But there is still some left on the lower branches which is great because the trees are so large we would never be able to reach the top to pick it anyway 😀 We don’t mind sharing 😉
Thank you so much for the birthday wishes and I really must teach those birds to chirp Happy Birthday – that would be awesome! xxx

wow, that’s noisy!! It must be hard to concentrate with all of that noise…. or perhaps you tune it out after a while. I’m so happy to hear that your husband and father-in-law are improving. I wish them continued good health and wish you a rocking good birthday!

Thanks so much, Letizia. Hubby and father-in-law are both doing very well now. We went to the local bowling club for my birthday dinner and I won $500 in the birthday draw! wow, what a great night I had 😀

Wow! those are some noisy birds! Happy birthday! I celebrated mine last month. Nothing like a good birthday party to cheer one up. My friends and I celebrated all our birthdays on my birthday. We went to lunch then out to a movie. So fun to celebrate with dear friends, no matter what our age. It never gets old to celebrate the joy of being alive. 🙂 Love you much and so glad you were born, Dianne. 🙂

I’m sorry I missed the event of your birthday, Dianne, but I am certain it was a wonderful day. Your video of the Lorikeets visiting reminded me of the bird house in the San Diego Zoo in California. They had one just for the Lorikeets and gave us little cups of nectar to feed them with. They are as lovely as they are noisy! 🙂